Lawsuit claims Larry Langford used rigged machines at VictoryLand

A Tuskegee woman is suing Milton McGregor's VictoryLand electronic bingo operation, claiming that employees there escorted Birmingham Mayor Larry Langford to specific machines last month when he won more than $50,000.

Sandra Howard's lawsuit in Macon County Circuit Court alleges that Langford won the money Aug. 28. That's 11 days after a federal magistrate in Birmingham ruled that Langford was unable to pay his attorneys in a federal bribery case, ordering the government to cover his legal bills.